Yard Dig Turns Up Only Animal Bones

September 27, 1990

DELRAY BEACH -- Police became discouraged on the third day of digging up the yard of a Manhattan homicide suspect after their initial findings turned out to be only animal bones.

Delray Beach police spokesman Mike Wright said on Wednesday investigators had been hopeful that they might find the remains of Michael Brushingham, who has been missing since December 1979. But with only 10 percent of the yard left to sift through, it appears Michael Brushingham`s whereabouts likely will remain a mystery.

Police from Delray Beach and Boynton Beach on Monday began digging in the yard of the former home of David Brushingham, Michael Brushingham`s stepfather, in the 700 block of Bond Way.

David Brushingham was acquitted in December 1980 in the shooting death of a son here and is awaiting trial in the beating death of a sister in New York.